Goh, S. K. Y., Liew, V., Styles, S., Sun, H., Sim, L. W., Dorji, J., … & Rifkin-Graboi, A. (2026). Reliability and Associations of English and Mandarin Vocabulary Measures in Infants and Toddlers Growing Up in a Multilingual Society. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 07342829261440789.
Higher exposure to Mandarin at home was associated with a higher composite score across questionnaire categories, but only among older children in the 1-to-2 year band. These findings were not found for English.
Soh, H. T., Low, A., Ngoh, G., Sim, L. W., Sanmugam, S., Yu, Y., … & Rifkin-Graboi, A. (2026). Maternal sensitivity in Singapore: early educators’ beliefs and mothers’ reported versus observed behavior. Attachment & Human Development, 28(1), 1-19.
Mothers’ own assessments of their sensitive behaviors were not related to observers’ assessments of the mothers’ maternal sensitivity, indicating the need to rely on observational data alongside self-report measures. Mothers’ observed sensitivity scores (through video-ed parent-child interactions) were lower than their self-reports of their own perceived sensitivity.
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